Question

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of anxiety to get home. Sitting at the front makes you stand out like a shiny   36   in a pile of dull pennies.

Janie, the driver, tries to   37   the uncomfortable atmosphere(氣氛) by striking the match of   38   .

I try to mind my manners and   39   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   40  , her conversation was worth listening to.

   “My father’s sick, ” she said to no one in   41  . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

  42   her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   43   as she continued. “ I’ve already lost my mum,   44   I don’t think I can bear losing him.”

I had no reply. I was   45  . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   46   my own mother was thrown into   47    my father died.

I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to experience that.

Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was   48  her job. She had a whole    world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything   49   a driver.

At the moment I felt I was very   50  . I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie  51   she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and regarded her as  52  .

For all I know, I’m just another person in   53   else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone   54   a place to go to, people to see and appointments to  55  . Understanding people is an art.

36. A. coin 37. A. find 38. A. message 39. A. politely 40. A. however 41. A. surprise 42. A. With 43. A. opened 44. A. or 45. A. interested 46. A. mercy 47. A. that 48. A. even 49. A. for 50. A. sad 51. A. though 52. A. unimportant 53. A. someone 54. A. needs 55. A. keep

B. note B. make B. topic B. devotedly B. therefore B. common B. On B. lowered B. but B. angry B. pain B. which B. rather B. of B. confused B. because B. important B. everyone B. has B. stay

C. dollar C. help C. conversation C. carelessly C. thus C. silence C. In C. closed C. then C. shocked C. pity C. when C. also C. and C. selfish C. once C. precious C. anyone C. takes C. remain

D. money D. break D. discussion D. sincerely D. otherwise D. particular D. From D. widened D. so D. curious D. disappointment D. where D. just D. but D. worried D. as if D. necessary D. no one D. finds D. put

Answer 1

36-40 ADCAA    41-45 DABDC    46-50 BCDDC    51-55 BAABA